Kids who play outdoors have a stronger spiritual connection to the Earth.
A new study, published in the Journal of the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture found that children who play outdoors have a stronger sense of purpose and self-fulfilment than those who don’t.
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Libraries and librarians need to exist and help foster a love of reading and places in which reading can occur.
Neil Gaiman gives The Reading Agency annual lecture on the future of reading and libraries. He explains why using our imaginations, and providing for others to use theirs, is an obligation for all citizens.
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Close your eyes and imagine the future.
YouTube was unthinkable ten years ago, social media didn’t exist, we got our movies on tapes at video stores, cell phones did not have cameras, and so on.
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Creativity has decreased among American children in recent years.
A creativity researcher scoured 300,000 creativity tests going back to the 1970s and found that kids these days are narrow-minded and just not as creative as they used to be.
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Gifted is a project by Will Carey which seeks ways of shaping the future by engaging with the generation who will be faced with such scenarios and decisions, seeking the reactions and opinions of children themselves. It raises questions about how children could use their fantasies and dreams to imagine an alternative genetic future.
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Bubbles engage the imagination and snare the attention of young and old alike. Even our pets have a fascination with bubbles. (Pics)
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The moon is responsible for spurring human imagination as it has provided the basis for countless works of literature, art, music, and as representative of the power of human endeavour. (Pics)
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Silhouette photography is a wonderful way to convey drama, mystery, emotion and mood in a picture. A silhouette is defined as a view of an object or a scene consisting of the outline and a featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black. Pictures like these often don’t convey a clear story, and leave part of the image up to the imagination of the viewer. (Pics)
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Scientists love a mystery. Biologists used to have the human genome, but now they have the structure of protein. Physics used to have cosmic rays, but now they have the God particle. Astronomers used to have black holes, but now they have dark matter. (Pics)
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Think Like a Genius is a dynamic software program that enables kids of all ages to build 3D virtual worlds that are fun, interactive and inspiring.
CynoCast is a breakthrough technology that allows you to communicate more effectively with your audience by delivering targeted web pages to their computer screen while you narrate. CynoCasts are created using a simple, yet robust, software tool called “Live Dashboard”.
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Being a human, you feel; so do I. However, software can also feel! Surprised, one might be. But this is a reality, as an Edinburgh-based company has just launched an incredible software technology by the name of Cre8. Now, what is implausible about this is that it has an interactive interface, which means the creators, designers or artists interact and even can manipulate the content in a virtual 3D workspace using the sense of touch technology.
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